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Interactive Sky Atlas & 3D Universe

The visual layer over the knowledge graph. Every map here is drawn from real, measured coordinates — a star or galaxy appears only where the data places it — turning the catalogue into a sky you can navigate, from the constellations overhead to the far reaches of the Local Group.

The naked-eye sky

878 stars brighter than magnitude 4.5, at their measured positions.

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Explore the atlas

  • Maps of the Sky

    The positional charts — the all-sky star atlas, the constellation atlas, the Messier and deep-sky atlases, and the bright-star map — each drawn as scalable vector graphics from the real measured coordinates of the stars and deep-sky objects.

    5 entries
  • Explorers of the Universe

    The interactive and three-dimensional-ready explorers — the Solar System, the Milky Way, the Local Group, the galaxy atlas, and the planet, moon, exoplanet, and distance-scale explorers — that browse the real object collections of the graph.

    9 entries
  • Data Overlays

    The layers drawn on top of the maps — constellation lines, observing conditions, and the JWST, Hubble, Gaia, and telescope field-of-view overlays — that add context without ever inventing a position.

    6 entries

Maps & explorers

  • SVG sky chart

    A whole-sky chart plotting every catalogued star at its real right ascension and declination, sized by apparent magnitude. Rendered as scalable vector graphics directly from the star catalogue's measured coordinates — nothing is invented; a star appears only where the data places it.

  • Bright Star MapAtlas view
    SVG sky chart

    A naked-eye view of the sky showing only the brightest stars, ranked by apparent magnitude. The stars that anchor the constellations and guide the eye across the night.

  • SVG sky chart

    The eighty-eight official constellations, each mapped by the real positions of its brightest stars. A gateway from the familiar patterns of the night sky into the stars, myths, and deep-sky objects each region holds.

  • Deep-Sky AtlasAtlas view
    SVG sky chart

    A map of the catalogued deep-sky objects — galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters — drawn from their measured right ascension and declination, with symbols scaled by angular size. The wider sky beyond the naked-eye stars.

  • 3D-ready explorer

    An explorer of cosmic distance and scale — from the nearest stars to the edge of the observable universe — built on the rungs of the cosmic distance ladder. Prepared to visualise the vast, logarithmic reach of the cosmos honestly, with distances drawn only from measured indicators.

  • Collection explorer

    An explorer of the confirmed planets beyond the Solar System, drawn from the measured exoplanet catalogue — organised by host star, detection method, size, and orbit. The worlds of other suns.

  • Galaxy AtlasAtlas view
    Collection explorer

    A browsable index of catalogued galaxies — spirals, ellipticals, and irregulars — organised by morphology and distance. The building blocks of cosmic structure, each linked to its place in the knowledge graph.

  • 3D-ready explorer

    An explorer of our galactic neighbourhood — the Milky Way, Andromeda, Triangulum, the Magellanic Clouds, and the dozens of dwarf galaxies bound with them into the Local Group. Prepared for a three-dimensional map of the nearby universe.

  • Messier AtlasAtlas view
    SVG sky chart

    A chart of the Messier objects — the nebulae, clusters, and galaxies of Charles Messier's eighteenth-century catalogue — each placed at its real celestial coordinates and sized by its apparent extent. The classic target list for a first tour of the deep sky.

  • 3D-ready explorer

    An explorer of the structure of our own Galaxy — its discs, bulge, bar, spiral arms, and halo, and the Sun's place within them. Prepared for a three-dimensional rendering of galactic structure; today it maps the anatomy of the Milky Way onto its components.

  • Moon ExplorerAtlas view
    Collection explorer

    An explorer of the moons of the Solar System — from Earth's Moon to the ocean worlds of Jupiter and Saturn — organised by their host planet and physical character.

  • NGC ExplorerAtlas view
    Collection explorer

    An explorer of the New General Catalogue and its deep-sky objects, organised by type, constellation, and catalogue. The deep sky beyond the Messier list.

  • Planet ExplorerAtlas view
    Collection explorer

    An explorer of the planets — their sizes, orbits, atmospheres, and moons, drawn from measured planetary data. From Mercury's scorched rock to the ice giants of the outer system.

  • 3D-ready explorer

    An explorer of the Sun's family — the planets, their moons, and the small bodies between them. The data model carries each body's real orbital and physical parameters and is prepared for a future interactive three-dimensional scene; today it presents the ordered, to-scale structure of the system.

Data & provenance

Each atlas view and overlay is a first-class knowledge-graph entity resolved through the Scientific Data Engine. Positional maps are rendered directly from the measured right ascension and declination already stored in the star and deep-sky catalogues; object counts are computed from the live collections, never hard-coded; and three-dimensional views are prepared as architecture rather than fabricated scenes. See source quality.